7.23.2009

The other Saturday was one of those chore kind of days. It was dad-less, hot, and we didn't get out of the house much. Casey helped a friend move in the morning, then he headed to the library to finish up a work project (he rarely works on weekends so I can't complain), and then we babysat our friends Owen and Paige for the evening. Let's just say we were ready to have our Dad home.

While he worked, the kids had fun playing with their friends. It took me a while to catch on here but big Owen and Lucy were running through the house yelling, "the monster's coming!" And that poor little monster being.....sweet Paigey. Here they are trying to hide from her by the back door. If you look close you can see Lucy in the corner there, behind Owen:Could that sweet face be any sort of monster to you?? Thankfully she thought it was all fun and continued to run after them:Though the kids had fun inside, when Casey got home at 6:30 the real party began. We ditched the hot apartment and played in the water outside (I wasn't brave enough to wrangle everyone on my own....we have no fence on the yard). We went WT style and everyone ran around in undies while Casey sprayed the hose:Gotta love a good sagging diaper:and when water time was done.....Otter Pops! Casey knows just how to brighten our day. These faces were just asking for a photo op. Paige has beautiful eyes:and a spunky personality:Lucy is always delicate when she eats (almost) anything. She's usually pretty clean coming out of it:So it was especially fun watching Owen go to town on his green Otter Pop:Good thing they all took a bath afterward!

Little Owen tagged along the whole night, watching and following what the big kids were doing. And sportin a nice scrape on his nose:All cleaned up, watching a show, and ready for bed. Four little monkeys. Being a mom is challenging but there's nothing sweeter than looking at this at the end of the day: